Jennifer Marshall is vice president for the Institute for Family, Community, and Opportunity at The Heritage Foundation, overseeing research in areas of education, marriage, family, religion, and civil society. Read her research.
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The museum at the Billy Graham Center on the campus of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, houses a “Rotunda of Witnesses,” with banners commemorating the… Read More
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“Americans are good at going to meetings, and that’s a tremendous skill to have,” said Michael Novak in a 2009 lecture at The Heritage Foundation…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Not long ago, the Obama administration determined that women can enter all military combat occupations. Now the debate has quickly shifted to whether women can be forced into combat. Suddenly, the exceptional… Read More
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Editor’s note: This article was originally published Sept. 10. Kim Davis is out of jail and taking a few days off before going back to… Read More
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As the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in cases involving the freedom of states to make marriage policy, thousands gathered Saturday on the… Read More
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First the bad news. When it comes to opening the doors to opportunity, a number of cultural trends are not heading in the right direction…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Opening the doors of opportunity to every American is an all-hands-on-deck effort. It requires policy reforms and community leadership. It means focusing on a range… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Every one of us has an opportunity storyline. Maybe a fourth-grade teacher nurtured a knack for math. Maybe a friend of the family offered a… Read More
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The pitch of public controversy surrounding cultural issues—especially those related to women and reproduction—can give the impression that we live in an intractably divided society… Read More
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This week an important religious– liberty law did what it was supposed to do. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)… Read More
